Grants Approved

Continuing Programs and Projects

The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on March 31, 2012 and approved funding for a number of continuing programs and projects.

Chair Margaret Sasges is pleased to announce that funding totalling $5,544,702 was approved for 41 programs and projects:
Funding totalling $5,050,512 was approved for the following 22 continuing programs:

COMMUNITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY
$594,950 Operating Expenses
$395,500 Poverty Law Services
$140,000 Community Advocate Support Line

$575,000
WEST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION
Programs and Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund

$535,480
B.C. PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE
Operating Expenses

$405,000
ACCESS PRO BONO SOCIETY OF B.C.
Major Programs

$359,800
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
Law Centre Clinical Program

$297,490
TENANT RESOURCE AND ADVISORY CENTRE SOCIETY
Tenants’ Legal Advocacy Program

$288,640
PEOPLE’S LAW SCHOOL SOCIETY
Public Legal Education Program

$280,600
B.C. LAW INSTITUTE
Law Reform Program

$250,000
MEDIATE BC SOCIETY
Major Programs

$184,650
WEST COAST DOMESTIC WORKERS’ ASSOCIATION
Legal Advocacy Program

$167,550
WEST COAST LEAF ASSOCIATION
Litigation and Law Reform Program

$112,500
B.C. CENTRE FOR ELDER ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT
Legal Advocacy Program

$110,000
POVNET SOCIETY
PovNet Program

$75,000
BATTERED WOMEN’S SUPPORT SERVICES
Legal Advocacy Program

$75,000
DZE L K’ANT FRIENDSHIP CENTRE SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy and Workshops Program

$75,000
SHARE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$68,752
LAW FOUNDATION GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
Four recipients

$25,000
SALVATION ARMY BELKIN HOUSE
Pro Bono & Justice Services

$20,600
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
Native Law Centre

$14,000
ISLAND JADE SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy Program

Funding totalling $148,390 was approved for the following 13 small projects:
$15,000
B.C. PARAPLEGIC ASSOCIATION
A Guide to Applying for and Managing Choice in Supports for Independent Living – Module 4

$15,000
B.C. BRANCH OF THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Professional Development, Ethics Programming, E-Learning Module

$15,000
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
International Justice: Legal Education in B.C.

$15,000
JUSTICE EDUCATION SOCIETY OF B.C.
The Law Project Seminars

$15,000
SUPPORTING WOMEN’S ALTERNATIVES NETWORK (SWAN)
SWANzine Legal Information for Indoor Workers

$12,000
THS SOCIETY OF TRANSITION HOUSES
Enhancing legal education for rural anti-violence workers through technology

$12,000
WEST COAST LEAF ASSOCIATION
Accessing Equality: Transformative Education for Advocates Project

$10,000
B.C. LAW INSTITUTE – CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ELDER LAW STUDIES
2012 Canadian & International Conference on Elder Law

$10,000
DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE WOMEN’S CENTRE
Improving Access to Legal Information Project

$10,000
JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF THE LOWER MAINLAND
Revising and updating A Family’s Guide to Federal Corrections and Planning for Success

$7,500
WISH DROP-IN CENTRE SOCIETY
Pilot Legal Clinic Project at WISH Drop-in Centre

$6,890
PARKINSON SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Legal help sheets for people with Parkinson’s Disease (and other progressive disorders)

$5,000
VANCOUVER ISLAND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION
Symposium Project


Funding totalling $345,800 was approved for the following grants:

$75,000
ACTION COMMITTEE ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN CIVIL & FAMILY MATTERS
Access to Justice Project

VANCOUVER ISLAND NORTH WOMEN’S RESOURCE SOCIETY
$75,000 The Legal Advocacy Services Centre
$20,500 The Legal Advocacy Services Centre – Startup Costs

$75,000
WATARI RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
Systems Negotiator Project

$64,300
GREATER VANCOUVER LAW STUDENTS’ LEGAL ADVICE SOCIETY
Transition Costs

$36,000
WACHIAY FRIENDSHIP CENTRE
Wachiay Advocacy Outreach Project

This article was published in the June 2012 issue of BarTalk. © 2012 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.